Posted by Dan Ewert : 6/19/2003 08:49:00 AM (Archive Link)
Yesterday, I discussed some of the uproar surrounding the recent tax cut and how people who don’t pay taxes didn’t get it (at least at first). I forgot to mention this item from the Media Research Center. It concerns media coverage of a protest against House Majority Leader Tom Delay. This particular protest involved mothers pushing strollers as an illustration of the 12 million children that they say will be hurt by Republican cruelty. Leaving aside the fact that the protest only had about two dozen participants but it was covered by all the major networks, let’s look at one of the protestors. Colleen McCrystal, a lawyer from a D.C. suburb said, “It seems like everything we have done for tax breaks in the last year or two is about the wealthiest top percent and, frankly, people probably like me, who really don't need it, and to keep taking from the folks who we're supposed to be here to help. The government, that's what it's supposed to be about, is helping those who have a whole lot less.” She’s protesting and she doesn’t even need the tax cut. Instead, she’s out there for the people who they’re supposed to be there to help. In other words, the poor, dumb folk need the rich, smart ones to tell them what they want and what they need. This is a keystone of liberal philosophy. The downtrodden are uneducated and they need intelligent, yet benevolent, overseers to lead the way for them; they need leaders to tell them what’s best for them since the poor are too stupid and oppressed to know for themselves. Ah, the poor proletariat. See a theme here?